The newly formed Jackson Jenkins Renstrom just grabbed 21,000 square feet comprising a full-floor lease at 55 Francisco St.

The firm is an offshoot of Jackson & Wallace, a firm that dissolved after the partners decided to end operations. Most of the firm then decided to join Beaumont, Texas-based firm Jenkins & Martin and do business as Jackson Jenkins Renstrom, which now has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Beaumont.

The San Francisco office of Schiff Hardin recently renewed its lease for 40,000 square feet at One Market.

Both firms were represented by Dan Cronan, head of GVA Kidder Matthews office in San Francisco, who specializes in representing tenants.

Birch Tree Properties gets OK for single-family homes

Birch Tree Properties LLC won approval to rezone a one-acre lot at 1 Capital Ave. in the Ocean View area in San Francisco to residential and plans to build 28 single-family homes on the site.

The rezoning process took 19 months. The homes will be two- or three-bedrooms with 41 garage parking spaces.

“We are very excited that we were able to accomplish this feat,” said Deny Sepaher, managing member of Birch Tree Properties. “This was truly a collaborative effort amongst my team, city planners and the community. At the end of the day, we created a thoughtful site plan and architecture that improves the surrounding neighborhood and provides much-needed housing for families within the city limits of San Francisco.”

Donald MacDonald and his team at MacDonald Architects designed the project. Steve Vettel of Farella Braun + Martel LLP served as the land use attorney.

Bridge finishes 56-unit senior housing project

The project is adjacent to the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life, a $270 million mixed-use redevelopment on the 12-acre former Sun Microsystems headquarters site. That includes the 193-unit Moldaw Family Residences and the 103-unit Altaire, a townhouse condo development by Regis Homes of Northern California Inc.

Bridge’s project is geared toward very low-income seniors with annual incomes of $10,632 to $37,280. Rents range from $443 to $742 per month.

Alta Torre was designed by Steinberg Architects, which designed most of the redevelopment project’s buildings. Segue Construction was the general contractor.

Just in Time doubling its footprint in Fremont

Just in Time Messenger, a packaging and storage company, agreed to lease 46,014 square feet in the Albrae Distribution Center at 40577 Albrae St. in Fremont. The deal is a renewal and expansion for five years that will allow the firm, which operates as part of Kuda Express, to double its footprint.

The distribution center, owned by AMB Property Corp., is now 100 percent occupied. Mike Spiro of Cornish & Carey Commercial represented the tenant in the lease and the landlord represented itself.

In other industrial leasing news, Blommer Chocolate Co., a chocolate manufacturer, decided to stay put in Union City. The company renewed its lease for 81,450 square feet of warehouse space at 33333 Transit Ave.

Blommer Chocolate, the property’s primary tenant since 2004, signed a long-term lease extension, which included an early lease termination. The landlord is Tulloch Construction.